●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ●● ● Oct 29 [00:05] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) [00:06] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [00:17] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [00:17] TR Bot Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [00:17] TR News Techrights How Will Antnio Campinos Respond to the EPO's 'Cocainegate'? https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/How_Will_Antonio_Campinos_Respond_to_the_EPO_s_Cocainegate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/How_Will_Antonio_Campinos_Respond_to_the_EPO_s_Cocainegate.gmi [00:17] TR Bot Techrights How Will Antnio Campinos Respond to the EPO's 'Cocainegate'? [00:32] TR News Techrights [Teaser] The EPO's Spokesperson, a Cocaine User, Fancies Young Women https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Teaser_The_EPO_s_Spokesperson_a_Cocaine_User_Fancies_Young_Wome.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Teaser_The_EPO_s_Spokesperson_a_Cocaine_User_Fancies_Young_Wome.gmi [00:32] TR Bot Techrights [Teaser] The EPO's Spokesperson, a Cocaine User, Fancies Young Women [00:35] TR News "Despite mass layoffs and a previous pay cut, Microsoft's CEO is taking home nearly $100 million this year" [00:35] TR News
  • [00:35] TR News "Paramount to cut 1,000 jobs following Skydance merger" [00:39] TR News Amazon Games Facing Significant Layoffs https://gamerant.com/amazon-games-new-world-mmos-layoffs-why/ [00:39] TR Bot Amazon Games Facing Significant Layoffs [00:41] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/today_s_leftovers.gmi [00:41] TR Bot Tux Machines today's leftovers [00:42] TR News Techrights Links 29/10/2025: CISA, Ukraine, and Amazon Problems https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Links_29_10_2025_CISA_Ukraine_and_Amazon_Problems.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Links_29_10_2025_CISA_Ukraine_and_Amazon_Problems.gmi [00:42] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/10/2025: CISA, Ukraine, and Amazon Problems [00:43] TR News (NEW): Tor Browser 15.0 Anonymous Web Browser Is Out Based on Firefox 140 ESR Series https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Tor_Browser_15_0_Anonymous_Web_Browser_Is_Out_Based_on_Firefox_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Tor_Browser_15_0_Anonymous_Web_Browser_Is_Out_Based_on_Firefox_.gmi [00:43] TR Bot Tux Machines Tor Browser 15.0 Anonymous Web Browser Is Out Based on Firefox 140 ESR Series [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@2001:8a0:e95a:4e00::2000) has joined #techrights [00:56] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@ahyrchkq5tiga.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 29 [01:07] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: The March of Slopfarms, From UbuntuPIT to Linux Journal and to Various Fake Sites Still Promoted by Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Slopwatch_The_March_of_Slopfarms_From_UbuntuPIT_to_Linux_Journa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Slopwatch_The_March_of_Slopfarms_From_UbuntuPIT_to_Linux_Journa.gmi [01:07] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: The March of Slopfarms, From UbuntuPIT to Linux Journal and to Various Fake Sites Still Promoted by Google News [01:09] TR News Sharp criticism of the EU framework for cloud sovereignty https://www.heise.de/en/news/Sharp-criticism-of-the-EU-framework-for-cloud-sovereignty-10925491.html [01:09] TR Bot Sharp criticism of the EU framework for cloud sovereignty | heise online [01:09] TR News When Microsoft bribes politicians http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/Microsoft_Bribes_and_Buys_Politicians_to_Tell_Europe_What_to_Do.shtml [01:09] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Bribes and Buys Politicians to Tell Europe What to Do About Free Software (Which It's Attacking) [01:11] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1458.jpg [01:11] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1458.jpg [01:15] TR News bubi soon @ 700 days uptime: 01:15:18 up 684 days, 17:27, 3 users, load average: 7.64, 7.65, 7.59 [01:20] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [01:20] *Righty (~Username@n85eehxfx6eqn.irc) has joined #techrights [01:20] admfubar bet he thinks it is caused by tylenol.... https://futurism.com/science-energy/bill-gates-climate-change-isnt-so-bad [01:20] TR Bot Bill Gates Says Climate Change Isn't So Bad After All [01:20] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml [01:20] TR Bot Techrights It's Cheaper to Pay Bribes (and Produce Press Releases) Than to Pay Fines (After Lots of Negative Publicity) [01:21] MinceR why do people care what bill gAIDS says about climate suicide? [01:21] MinceR in general, why do people care about the noises bill gAIDS makes? [01:21] whatA____ microsoft is so desperate trying to enforce vendor lock-in right now [01:21] MinceR he's clearly a sociopath [01:21] admfubar because he changed his mind about it [01:21] MinceR he had a mind? [01:22] MinceR also, there are over 8 billion bare apes infesting in this planet. chances are some of them change their minds about this. yet somehow we aren't inundated with a real-time feed about those. [01:26] admfubar huh? [01:38] nobody what's discussed in public as "climate change" is a propaganda campaign, that's almost completely disconnected from environmental concerns [01:38] admfubar https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-layoffs-reaction-thought-i-was-a-top-performer-but-guess-im-expendable/ [01:38] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-layoffs-reaction-thought-i-was-a-top-performer-but-guess-im-expendable/ ) [01:38] nobody with "carbon tax" and "co2 certificates" USA are RECIPIENT of cashflow [01:39] nobody in germany that is the "climate transformation and innovation fund" that funneled billions of subsidy cash into Tesla fab in Berlin, TSMC fab in Dresden, solar and whatever [01:40] MinceR hey aggi [01:40] nobody but that's not motivated by "climate" concerns at all, it's re-distribution of cash [01:41] nobody all of the sudden when, theory, maybe MICROS~1 isn't recipient of such cash-flow at desired amounts, but competitors had benefit [01:41] whatA____ enshittification at its finest [01:41] nobody hi MinceR [01:41] whatA____ trying to crawl the values back to themselves (+ price hikes) [01:42] MinceR how's the plan to hand germany over to the orcish empire going? [01:43] nobody MinceR: currently they're complaining again various industrial investments are threatened by recent sanctions against rosneft and lukoil [01:44] MinceR uh huh [01:44] MinceR i bet the afd won't complain [01:45] nobody anyway, i've published some tiny test site online, which documents the progress made with re-introducing C-toolchain support for Free/Open/GNU systems [01:45] nobody http://tinyfront.mooo.com/docs.html [01:45] TR Bot docs [01:46] nobody ^ that's the main documentation, which i too tried to summarize various inspirational critique towards free software with [01:48] nobody and there's a few other sections, including a tiny blog which documents my contact with various MICROS~1 affiliated business entities [01:49] nobody MinceR: so far none of this helped with hiring nor contracting, i've send several dozens of requests to employers and universities [01:50] nobody the "best" offer so far, was a recognition for hiring as professor by a university to give lectures there [01:51] nobody the whole proceeding had been postponed/prolonged, BUT they demand MORE documents of mine, FOR NOTHING in return, no contracting, no salary [01:54] nobody so, that's what's keeping me awake each night currently [01:55] nobody otherwise, in germany here it's becoming more amazing each day [01:55] nobody since recently, some alternative news site that is hosted in russia seems BLOCKED within germany/EU, due to sanctions against the author there [01:56] nobody it's accessible only with onion-routing since then [01:56] nobody MinceR: since you asked [01:57] nobody because EU imposes censorship, it's increasingly difficult to gather some first hand information from there [01:57] nobody which wasn't filterd and spin-doctored by an armada of propaganda bullshitters [01:58] MinceR lol, yeah, those are alternatives to news [01:58] MinceR there's news, and then there's ruscist propaganda ● Oct 29 [02:00] nobody whatever it is MinceR, it is EU which introduced censorship; and the target in question does provide detailed reports and insight into Kremlin activity and their thinking, first hand [02:01] MinceR yeah, there's no censorship in muscovy [02:01] MinceR definitely no people getting killed because of what they say [02:01] MinceR which is why Navalny is still alive, for example [02:02] MinceR but wouldn't it be much simpler and cheaper than turning germany into another orcish colony to simply move to muscovy? they'd love you there, and you could get your fill of putler's propaganda [02:02] MinceR you could even try your own hand at committing war crimes and genocide! [02:03] nobody pardon? [02:04] MinceR you could enlist in the orcish army and go to ukraine to take part in putler's war crimes [02:04] nobody EU sanctioned and censored a journalist who reported kremlin narratives first hand [02:04] MinceR i've heard they pay people for that [02:04] MinceR ah, yes, kremlin narratives [02:04] nobody EU DID THIS, doesn't that get into your brain? [02:05] MinceR i wonder what it's like to be ignorant about what the kremlin's narratives are. [02:05] MinceR well, here i sit in an EU member state, and it actually takes extra effort from me NOT to hear putler's propaganda [02:05] nobody for that matter, you could too read about the ukraine-russian gas dispute on wikipedia [02:05] MinceR even goolag is threatening me with being blocked from youtube if i don't view ruscist propaganda videos [02:05] nobody you would want EU to censor and block this too because it doesn't accomodate your moral attitude? [02:06] MinceR while they claimed they'd obey EU regulations about transparency of political ads by not showing political ads anymore [02:06] MinceR (faecesbook is doing the same, btw) [02:07] MinceR the pedophile-communist party took over all the TV stations and revoked the frequency bands from the only remaining radio station that allegedly wasn't controlled by them [02:07] MinceR so yeah, every domestic TV channel and every radio channel i can receive here is pure ruscist propaganda [02:07] MinceR in the EU. [02:08] MinceR you know, you don't get to have it both ways [02:08] MinceR either stop pushing your outrageous propaganda at me, or stop claiming that you're being silenced. [02:08] MinceR baby-kidnapping sons of bitches [02:11] nobody MinceR: EU blocked a journalist, meanwhile EU itself is receiving most significant amounts of "cheap russian gas" [02:12] MinceR so? go tell your leader to stop selling the EU gas if it bothers you so much [02:13] nobody i got the feeling - maybe i'm mistaken - you're argueing in defence of glorious EU in this case [02:13] MinceR no, i'm not [02:14] MinceR it baffles me to see ruscists portray the EU as this sort of mighty force, when in the last 15 years or more, it has utterly failed to enforce any of its alleged rules or principles against its own member states [02:14] MinceR it's the poster boy for weakness, indecision and cowardice [02:14] MinceR outdone in cowardice only by hungary and hungarians [02:15] MinceR don't worry about the EU, it is not long for this world [02:15] MinceR once the nazis win an election in germany, austria and france, those states will join the baby-kidnapping war criminals and the EU will be gone [02:16] MinceR and you can have all the nazi propaganda you could ever consume, and more [02:16] MinceR and there won't be any more of these pesky "news" to bother you [02:16] MinceR and then EU officials will start to think that maybe it's time to start building militaries to defend against the orcish empire [02:17] nobody well, i'm mostly bothered by the fact it is EU itself within i'm denied all contracting, no salary, no income, no legal support with anything [02:17] MinceR if they'll still be alive, that is [02:17] MinceR but again, you can skip ahead [02:17] MinceR all it takes is a trip to muscovy [02:17] nobody so, i'm merely curious why that would be? [02:17] nobody insofar there's no need to travel to russia to enjoy such type of "freedom" and "democracy" over there [02:18] MinceR you're contradicting yourself [02:18] MinceR but that's business as usual for ruscists [02:18] MinceR indeed, the best way to realize that ruscists lie almost all the time is to compare their statements against each other [02:22] nobody anyway, the reason i lurked in here is my tiny little test site online [02:22] nobody http://tinyfront.mooo.com [02:22] TR Bot index [02:24] nobody i succeeded to salvage a mostly complete GNUish/POSIX base system profile with support by TinyCC (or any other) [02:24] nobody the system, compiles, and boots, basic runtime testing passed [02:24] nobody but it's not yet ready to migrate my _own_ development host back onto linux-2.4/tinycc system [02:25] nobody my entire workflow already is migrated to the base-system profile that's portable to either linux5/gcc or linux2/tcc [02:25] nobody but there's a nasty bug remaining inside bash.static for example, which blocks portage system integration tooling [02:26] nobody and i've been molested by a few bureaucratic and some private concerns in recent month again [02:26] nobody so, i wasn't in the mood to do anything at all [02:27] nobody but it's a tiny revolution i think, if GNU can be driven by an alternative toolchain that isn't gcc/binutils nor llvm/clang [02:28] nobody i'm not aware anyone else succeeded with this for an extensive and complete system profile in recent decades [02:40] admfubar https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/openai_simplifies_corporate_structure_into/ [02:40] TR Bot OpenAI simplifies corporate structure for easier investment The Register [02:43] admfubar buy that insecure security.... https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/cisco_citrix_vpn_ransomware/ [02:43] TR Bot Next-gen firewalls, VPNs can increase security risks: At-Bay The Register [02:44] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [02:45] admfubar i think it will be more like "clod"... https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/anthropic_claude_excel/ [02:45] TR Bot Anthropic's Claude is learning Excel so you don't have to The Register [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[05:55] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [05:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights ● Oct 29 [06:06] TR News Techrights European Parliament and Council Directive on Privacy is Vanishing https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/European_Parliament_and_Council_Directive_on_Privacy_is_Vanishi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/European_Parliament_and_Council_Directive_on_Privacy_is_Vanishi.gmi [06:06] TR Bot Techrights European Parliament and Council Directive on Privacy is Vanishing [06:08] TR News You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/?td=rt-3a [06:08] TR Bot One week to opt out or be fodder for LinkedIn AI training The Register [06:17] TR News (NEW): Another Computer on 700+ Days Uptime https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Another_Computer_on_700_Days_Uptime.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Another_Computer_on_700_Days_Uptime.gmi [06:17] TR Bot Tux Machines Another Computer on 700+ Days Uptime [06:20] TR News "My friend just told me hes out at Amazon. Middle Manager. Thinks they are the target so far so engineers might survive." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [06:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [06:20] TR News "Middle Managers? Well no chance of that happening here. Have you ever seen any manager or managers laid off? I havent." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [06:20] TR News "IBM executives starting with the je-ks at the top, Comrade Alvind and Krabanaugh are notorious for making up fake numbers to feed to the press and the government about layoffs and PIPs. Cut all those US employees and guess what ??" [06:21] TR News Somewhat racist-sounding: "You then have a true blue "Indian Bizness Machines" company - made for Indians by Indians. Does anyone know where the fat tub of lard, Miz. Wright would be in such a reorg ? Or even the maverick wannabe teenage Ninja in the hoodie ?" 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I feel badly for anyone who has a lot of money in that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8grcjx6 [06:22] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8grcjx6 ) [06:25] *whatA____ has quit (connection closed) ● Oct 29 [07:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:18] TR News "The Supreme Court battle over a $1 billion piracy judgment against internet provider Cox Communications is one of the decade's pivotal copyright lawsuits." https://torrentfreak.com/broad-coalition-backs-record-labels-in-supreme-court-isp-piracy-liability-battle/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:18] TR Bot Coalition Backs Record Labels in Supreme Court ISP Piracy Liability Battle * TorrentFreak [07:18] TR News "Writers, musicians and other creatives will be consulted alongside tech industry representatives on potential copyright laws in relation to AI." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/government-rules-out-changes-to-copyright-law-as-creatives-push-for-ai-protections/rkg6er85h | Source: SBS [07:18] TR Bot Government rules out changes to copyright law as creatives push for AI protections | SBS News [07:18] TR News "The first wave of these posts came in September of that year. The Atlantic scrutinized an AI training data set called Books3, composed of large, unlabeled blocks of text and extracted ISBNs." https://thewalrus.ca/suing-ai-company/ | Source: The Walrus [07:18] TR Bot My Book Was Stolen by an AI Company. Why Does Suing Them Feel Wrong? | The Walrus [07:18] TR News "Biesinger is an iconic designer and illustrator whose instantly recognizable style and entrepreneurial hustle have allowed him to achieve the coveted and elusive status of full-time, economically secure(ish) artist." https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/#fuck-you-pay-me | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:18] TR Bot Pluralistic: Raymond Biesingers 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off (28 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:19] TR News "This is a weird case. SerpApi is not like Common Crawl, building an index by scraping the Web." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/10/28/reddit-sues-serpapi/ | Source: Michael Tsai [07:19] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - Reddit Sues SerpApi [07:19] TR News "Microsoft also emailed customers telling them to pay up or lose all their stuff." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/28/australia-sues-microsoft-for-forcing-copilot-ai-onto-office-365-customers/ | Source: Pivot to AI [07:19] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/28/australia-sues-microsoft-for-forcing-copilot-ai-onto-office-365-customers/ ) [07:19] TR News "In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google." https://keepandroidopen.org/ | [07:19] TR Bot Android Open | Web site for keepandroidopen.org [07:20] TR News "The other day, one of my aunts mentioned that the family summer cabin that everybody shares has a couple of hundred DVDs in boxes that nobody can watch any more, and that if I emptied a few of the boxes that would free up storage space in the cabin." https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/old-dvds/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [07:20] TR Bot Old DVDs (media notes) [07:21] TR News "snatching away relief for the incarcerated people and their families from predatory rates just as they were starting to go into effect." https://www.theverge.com/news/807422/democrats-prison-phone-calls-fcc-letter | Source: The Verge [07:21] TR Bot Democrats slam FCCs decision to gut prison phone call price caps | The Verge [07:21] TR News "During exam season, Iraq, Syria, and Sudan once again pulled the plug on the [Internet] to stop students cheating." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/cloudflare_q3_internet_disruption/ | Source: The Register UK [07:21] TR Bot Cloudflare logs a turbulent Q3 online The Register [07:21] Isambard_Prince I made some progress on passively assisted range of motion this week after last week's setback. Made it to 34 degrees this week up from 21 degrees with pain. Started at -10 a week after surgery. [07:22] TR News (NEW): Fedora Linux 43 is here! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Fedora_Linux_43_is_here.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Fedora_Linux_43_is_here.gmi [07:22] TR Bot Tux Machines Fedora Linux 43 is here! [07:24] TR News "The survey also discovered that an even greater proportion (87 percent) reported other forms of personal risks stemming from the Taliban's reaction to the leak." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/impact_afghan_data_breach/ | Source: The Register UK [07:24] TR Bot Human impact of UK's Afghan data disaster revealed to MPs The Register [07:25] TR News "Unions in the US have responded to the hostile organizing environment by targeting smaller shops in more peripheral industries." https://jacobin.com/2025/10/union-organizing-targets-nlrb-strategy/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:25] TR Bot To Rebuild the Labor Movement, Take On the Giants [07:25] TR News "Though authoritarian powers and patriarchal systems continue to oppress, women journalists in the Middle East have combined reporting and activism. Many of these professionals operate under regimes that criminalize dissent." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-middle-east-women-journalists-activists.html | Source: Omicron Limited [07:25] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-middle-east-women-journalists-activists.html ) [07:25] TR News "You had them stressing , commented one user on a June video. ICE works hard but Angie works harder " https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/angie-vargas-ice-chaser-los-angeles/ | Source: The Nation [07:25] TR Bot The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE | The Nation [07:25] TR News "Every day the situation for Afghan women gets worse and worse" https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20251028-every-day-the-situation-for-afghan-women-gets-worse-and-worse-campaigner-says | Source: France24 [07:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20251028-every-day-the-situation-for-afghan-women-gets-worse-and-worse-campaigner-says ) [07:31] TR News "If you look at penal practices in the developed countries policing, for example if you think about police violence and the frequency with which police officers kill civilians, there are about a thousand civilians killed a year by police in the United States since weve begun to count it." https://jacobin.com/2025/10/us-penal-regime-prisons-policing/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:31] TR Bot Why the US Has Such a Brutal Penal Regime [07:32] TR News "Elon Musk turning Twitter into a far right propaganda mill, or Larry Ellison buying CBS, CNN, and TikTok, the countrys shittiest right wing billionaires" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/28/king-trump-makes-it-clear-he-wants-his-bff-larry-ellison-to-own-warner-brothers/ | Source: Techdirt [07:32] TR Bot Trump Makes It Clear He Wants His BFF Larry Ellison To Own Warner Brothers | Techdirt [07:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:36] TR News (NEW): Why choosing open source tools; yet another argument https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Why_choosing_open_source_tools_yet_another_argument.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Why_choosing_open_source_tools_yet_another_argument.gmi [07:36] TR Bot Tux Machines Why choosing open source tools; yet another argument [07:36] TR News "The non-profit Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) on Monday published a study on the responses provided by four widely used chatbots" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/chatbots_still_parrot_russian_state/ | Source: The Register UK [07:36] TR Bot Chatbots parrot Putin propaganda about Ukraine invasion The Register [07:40] TR News "As crypto-based prediction services attract a flood of attention and capital, the US presidents social media platform has announced plans to muscle in." https://www.wired.com/story/trump-truth-social-launches-prediction-market/ | Source: Wired [07:40] TR Bot Trumps Truth Social Is Launching a Polymarket Competitor | WIRED [07:42] TR News "Trumps propagandists have used the aesthetics of Star Wars and Studio Ghibli to push their message." https://www.404media.co/trump-admins-racist-halo-memes-are-a-new-level-of-dehumanization-of-immigrants/ | Source: 404 Media [07:42] TR Bot Trump Admins Racist Halo Memes Are A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants [07:43] TR News "Game studio Electronic Arts has been showing signs of trouble for a while now." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/27/electronic-arts-is-losing-income-and-crippled-by-debt-more-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI [07:43] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/27/electronic-arts-is-losing-income-and-crippled-by-debt-more-ai/ ) [07:43] TR News "discovering terms that would have restricted the organizations ability to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs." https://linuxiac.com/python-software-foundation-withdraws-1-5m-u-s-government-grant/ | Source: Linuxiac [07:43] TR Bot Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions [07:43] TR News "Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs, blaming the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence for changing how the company operates and how many people it needs." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/amazon_14000_jobs_cut/ | Source: The Register UK [07:43] TR Bot Amazon axes 14,000 desk jobs in AI-powered slimming plan The Register [07:46] TR News "The two parties went to court, and WP Engine came out on top." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/automattic_wp_engine_counterclaim/ | Source: The Register UK [07:46] TR Bot Automattic accuses WP Engine of false advertising, deception The Register [07:47] TR News "Microsofts filings obscure the cost of OpenAI, but Wednesdays earnings may offer clarity." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsofts-openai-math-is-still-a-black-box | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:47] TR Bot Microsoft's OpenAI losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense stake in AI company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation | Tom's Hardware [07:47] TR News "Trump built his career on fraud: cooking the books, inflating assets, falsifying ledgers. Now he governs the same way." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trum-health-misinformation-propaganda/ | Source: The Nation [07:47] TR Bot Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth | The Nation [07:48] TR News "Since 2024 started, Amazon has committed to about $10 billion apiece to data center projects in Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina as it builds up its infrastructure to tries to keep up with other tech giants making leaps in AI." https://www.ksl.com/article/51396487/amazon-cuts-14000-corporate-jobs-as-spending-on-artificial-intelligence-accelerates | Source: Deseret Media [07:48] TR Bot cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates | KSL.com [07:48] TR News "Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-28/amazon-cuts-14-000-corporate-jobs-as-spending-on-artificial-intelligence-accelerates | Source: Los Angeles Times [07:48] TR Bot Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates - Los Angeles Times [07:49] TR News "Amazon announced Tuesday it would cut 14,000 jobs, one of several companies reducing head count while still aiming to increase profits." https://www.semafor.com/article/10/28/2025/amazon-to-slash-thousands-of-jobs | Source: Semafor Inc [07:49] TR Bot to slash thousands of jobs | Semafor [07:49] TR News "Jassy encouraged employees to get on board with the company's AI plans." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-14000-corporate-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-9.6956357 | Source: CBC [07:49] TR Bot Amazon cutting 14,000 corporate jobs to spend more on AI | CBC News [07:49] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:49] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:52] TR News "The figure represents a small percentage of Amazons 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10% of its roughly 350 000 corporate employees." https://techcentral.co.za/amazon-expected-to-cut-up-to-10-of-its-corporate-workforce/273413/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:52] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://techcentral.co.za/amazon-expected-to-cut-up-to-10-of-its-corporate-workforce/273413/ ) [07:52] TR News "The Seattle-based technology giant is seeking to reverse its hiring spree from during the peak of the pandemic." https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41731974.html | Source: Irish Examiner [07:52] TR Bot Fears for jobs as Amazon set to cut 14,000 roles worldwide [07:52] TR News "As the second-largest private employer in the United States, Amazon has more than 1.54 million employees worldwide, mostly in warehouses and roughly 350,000 in corporate roles." https://www.telesurenglish.net/amazon-to-cut-30000-corporate-jobs/ | Source: teleSUR [07:52] TR Bot Amazon to Cut 30,000 Corporate Jobs - teleSUR English [07:53] TR News "Apple reached a $4 trillion market value for the first time, driven by strong demand for its latest iPhone models." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-races-past-4-trillion-market-value-as-new-iphone-models-revitalise-sales/articleshow/124875458.cms | Source: India Times [07:53] TR Bot Apple races past $4 trillion market value as new iPhone models revitalise sales - The Economic Times [07:53] TR News "The iPhone accounts for over half of Apples profit and revenue and the more phones they can get into the hands of people, the more they can drive people into their ecosystem" https://techcentral.co.za/apple-races-past-4-trillion-in-market-value/273474/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:53] TR Bot Apple races past $4-trillion in market value [07:54] TR News (NEW): This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm on a satellite https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/This_is_Doom_running_headless_on_Ubuntu_Arm_on_a_satellite.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/This_is_Doom_running_headless_on_Ubuntu_Arm_on_a_satellite.gmi [07:54] TR Bot Tux Machines This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm on a satellite [07:56] TR News (NEW): My Kid's First PC Won't Run WindowsI'll Use One of These 5 Linux Distros Instead https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/My_Kid_s_First_PC_Won_t_Run_Windows_I_ll_Use_One_of_These_5_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/My_Kid_s_First_PC_Won_t_Run_Windows_I_ll_Use_One_of_These_5_Lin.gmi [07:56] TR Bot Tux Machines My Kid's First PC Won't Run WindowsI'll Use One of These 5 Linux Distros Instead [07:58] TR News "Nokia will issue over 166 million new shares and will use the proceeds to fund its plans for AI and other general corporate purposes." https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/nvidia-nokia-ai.html | Source: CNBC [07:58] TR Bot Nvidia takes $1 billion stake in Nokia [07:58] TR News "Since joining Nokia earlier this year, new CEO Justin Hotard, who earlier led Intel's (INTC.O), opens new tab data centres and AI group" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nvidia-make-1-billion-investment-finlands-nokia-2025-10-28/ | Source: Reuters [07:58] TR Bot ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nvidia-make-1-billion-investment-finlands-nokia-2025-10-28/ ) ● Oct 29 [08:04] TR News "a fully AI-generated encyclopedia that serves no one and nothing other than the ego of the worlds richest man." https://www.404media.co/grokipedia-is-the-antithesis-of-everything-that-makes-wikipedia-good-useful-and-human/ | Source: 404 Media [08:04] TR Bot Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human [08:04] TR News "As pointed out by several commenters on Musk's X post, the phrase "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons" appears at the bottom of a number of Grokipedia pages." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/elon_musks_grokipedia_launches/ | Source: The Register UK [08:04] TR Bot Grokipedia is such a mess even Grok thinks its untrustworthy The Register [08:05] TR News "Whenever I read about some historic scam, I always wonder about the people at the top." https://computer.rip/2025-10-28-the-steorn-orbo.html | Source: J B Crawford [08:05] TR Bot the steorn orbo [08:06] TR News (NEW): Kali Linux is my favorite Linux distro to play around with https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Kali_Linux_is_my_favorite_Linux_distro_to_play_around_with.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Kali_Linux_is_my_favorite_Linux_distro_to_play_around_with.gmi [08:06] TR Bot Tux Machines Kali Linux is my favorite Linux distro to play around with [08:06] TR News "Unlike Hollywood stars who flaunted Ferraris or Lamborghinis" https://www.vintag.es/2025/10/andy-griffith-cars-collection.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [08:06] TR Bot Andy Griffith Posing With His Collection of Early Classic Cars at His Home, 1979 ~ Vintage Everyday [08:06] TR News "The problem is we've built too many highways" https://phys.org/news/2025-10-america-national-roadways.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:06] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-america-national-roadways.html ) [08:06] TR News "Citigroup and cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plan to collaborate on digital asset payment solutions for the US bank" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/citi-to-tie-up-with-coinbase-to-boost-digital-payments-for-institutional-clients/articleshow/124865307.cms | Source: India Times [08:06] TR Bot Citi to tie up with Coinbase to boost digital payments for institutional clients - The Economic Times [08:06] TR News "the price increase was more than halved" https://yle.fi/a/74-20190821 | Source: YLE [08:06] TR Bot Helsinki public transport ticket prices to rise again next year | Yle News | Yle [08:07] TR News "A central question remains: what will nature resolve on its own, and what requires human intervention? Leytem explained that nearly 500 people, including 260 forestry workers, manage these ecosystems." https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2349889.html | Source: RTL [08:07] TR Bot RTL Today - 'Brutal deterioration': Luxembourg's forests in severe decline, says top official [08:07] TR News "The path to sustainable development runs through the Internets technical core." https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/enabling-sustainable-development-through-internet-coordination/ | Source: RIPE [08:07] TR Bot Enabling Sustainable Development Through Internet Coordination | RIPE Labs [08:07] TR News "Earths Greatest Enemy, a new documentary project from journalist and activist Abby Martin, makes sure you wont forget it." https://jacobin.com/2025/10/us-military-climate-crisis-documentary/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:07] TR Bot The US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination [08:08] TR News "When you think about your environmental footprint, what comes to mind first? Maybe the flights you take, the car you drive or whether you choose the train instead." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-banks-affect-environment-role-money.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:08] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-banks-affect-environment-role-money.html ) [08:09] TR News "I've been doing Unix/Linux IR and Forensics for a long time. I logged into a Unix system for the first time in 1983." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32432 | Source: SANS [08:09] TR Bot How to collect memory-only filesystems on Linux systems [08:09] TR News "The global shift, she continued, can be traced to one common cause: the increased agency of women" https://phys.org/news/2025-10-birth-longer-economic-prosperity.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:09] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-birth-longer-economic-prosperity.html ) [08:10] TR News "Researchers say Finnish people are increasingly delaying having children, or not having them at all." https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5536836 | Source: NPR [08:10] TR Bot Finland's stubbornly low birth rate shows why a population shift may be inevitable [08:11] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Ubuntu_Unity_Project_Faces_Uncertain_Future.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Ubuntu_Unity_Project_Faces_Uncertain_Future.gmi [08:11] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future [08:12] TR News "TikTok, Meta and Snapchat have faced a parliamentary inquiry into the teen social media ban" https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nationals-senator-says-tiktok-bullied-staffer-amid-new-teen-social-media-ban-details/f5nzyc4v9 | Source: SBS [08:12] TR Bot Nationals senator says TikTok bullied his office amid new teen social media ban details | SBS News [08:12] TR News "There is keen interest in whether Australia's sweeping restrictions can work" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-and-tiktok-to-obey-australia-under-16-social-media-ban/articleshow/124863218.cms | Source: India Times [08:12] TR Bot Meta and TikTok to obey Australia under-16 social media ban - The Economic Times [08:12] TR News (NEW): Austrias military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/01/Austria_s_military_switches_from_Microsoft_Office_to_LibreOffic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/01/Austria_s_military_switches_from_Microsoft_Office_to_LibreOffic.gmi [08:12] TR Bot Tux Machines Austrias military switches from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice [08:13] TR News "Im not part of the commercial side of the transaction." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/tiktok-usa-deal-being-finalized-scott-bessent-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News [08:13] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/tiktok-usa-deal-being-finalized-scott-bessent-comments/ ) [08:13] TR News "Officials that represent the trading bloc need a clear definition of just what a sovereign cloud is, however" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/cispe_eu_sovereignty_framework/ | Source: The Register UK [08:13] TR Bot EU sovereignty plan accused of helping US cloud giants The Register [08:15] TR News "But Brassards is a peculiar kind of terror: a terror unavoidably entangled with validation." https://thewalrus.ca/quantum-computing/ | Source: The Walrus [08:15] TR Bot Quantum Computers Will Soon Be Able to Crack Codes, and No Ones Ready | The Walrus [08:15] TR News "Today, noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI and its managers." https://noyb.eu/en/criminal-complaint-against-facial-recognition-company-clearview-ai | Source: NYOB [08:15] TR Bot Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI [08:15] TR News "The Digital Fairness Act (DFA) is the EUs forthcoming law to modernise consumer protection for the digital age." https://edri.org/our-work/a-fair-digital-future-at-risk-edri-contribution-to-the-digital-fairness-act/ | Source: EDRI [08:15] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: CANCEL (err 8) ( status 200 @ https://edri.org/our-work/a-fair-digital-future-at-risk-edri-contribution-to-the-digital-fairness-act/ ) [08:16] TR News "The findings are important. Firstly, it signals that the trend of using digital spaces to control populations has reached the African continent." https://phys.org/news/2025-10-nigeria-digital-technology-repress-citizens.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:16] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-nigeria-digital-technology-repress-citizens.html ) [08:16] TR News "Then it invited cops to play with its equipment and install some of their own." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/28/ring-flock-safety-join-forces-to-expand-law-enforcement-surveillance-networks/ | Source: Techdirt [08:16] TR Bot Flock Safety Join Forces To Expand Law Enforcement Surveillance Networks | Techdirt [08:16] TR News "The US attended the UN Cybercrime Treaty signing ceremony in Hanoi this weekend, where 72 countries signed on to a Russia-backed framework for global surveillance cooperation." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/28/biden-admin-blessed-un-surveillance-treaty-trump-admin-gets-to-abuse-it/ | Source: Techdirt [08:16] TR Bot Admin Blessed UN Surveillance Treaty, Trump Admin Gets To Abuse It | Techdirt [08:19] TR News (NEW): Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Distrobox_1_8_2_Brings_Polished_Experience_New_Maintainer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Distrobox_1_8_2_Brings_Polished_Experience_New_Maintainer.gmi [08:19] TR Bot Tux Machines Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer [08:27] *Isambard_Prince has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:28] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@rrgpf732zj5s4.irc) has joined #techrights [08:31] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:32] TR News (NEW): Googles Brotli 1.2 Released After Two Years with Faster Compression https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Google_s_Brotli_1_2_Released_After_Two_Years_with_Faster_Compre.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Google_s_Brotli_1_2_Released_After_Two_Years_with_Faster_Compre.gmi [08:32] TR Bot Tux Machines Googles Brotli 1.2 Released After Two Years with Faster Compression [08:34] TR News Techrights Techrights Party Countdown https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Techrights_Party_Countdown.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Techrights_Party_Countdown.gmi [08:34] TR Bot Techrights Techrights Party Countdown [08:41] TR News Techrights Quality Comes First (Techrights Search) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Quality_Comes_First_Techrights_Search.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Quality_Comes_First_Techrights_Search.gmi [08:41] TR Bot Techrights Quality Comes First (Techrights Search) ● Oct 29 [09:02] *eth0 (~eth0@2xfriamprqskw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:04] *eth0 has quit (connection closed) [09:05] *eth0 (~eth0@2xfriamprqskw.irc) has joined #techrights [09:05] *eth0 (~eth0@2xfriamprqskw.irc) has left #techrights [09:07] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [09:07] *Now talking on #techrights ● Oct 29 [11:04] TR News Social Control Media https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-secretary-social-media/ | Source: Task And Purpose [11:04] TR Bot Navy to review Marines and sailors personal social media posts [11:04] TR News "Instead of using their own homegrown YouTube accounts and videos, Ghost Network favors compromising established accounts and hijacking the videos to spread malware." https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/youtube-ghost-network-target-users | Source: Dark Reading [11:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/youtube-ghost-network-target-users ) [11:05] TR News "Mastodon is a far better community than those aforementioned commercial social networks, but I will admit this specific attitude is exhausting. I dare us to do better." https://rubenerd.com/if-it-could-happen-doesnt-mean-it-did/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:05] TR Bot Mastodon: if it could happen, doesnt mean it did [11:05] TR News "To be clear, is an idiom." https://rubenerd.com/i-watched-my-first-youtube-shorts/ | Source: Ruben Schade [11:05] TR Bot I watched my first YouTube shorts, and Im confuzzled [11:06] TR News "With great power comes great vulnerability. Several new AI browsers, including OpenAI's Atlas, offer the ability to take actions on the user's behalf, such as opening web pages or even shopping." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/ai_browsers_prompt_injection/ | Source: The Register UK [11:06] TR Bot AI browsers wide open to attack via prompt injection The Register [11:06] TR News "To be clear, Im not just prompting and shipping blindly." https://sheetsj.com/blog/huskerfinder-claude-code-shipped-my-20-year-old-idea/ | Source: Jeff Sheets [11:06] TR Bot HuskerFinder: Claude Code Shipped my ~20 year old idea [11:06] TR News "First things first; if the following things don't click, then I don't think much can be said going forward that you'd be able to gleam from what I'm expressing here: [...]" https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2025/left-ai/ | Source: Jacky Alcin [11:06] TR Bot An exploration on what could be a leftist position on generative AI - Jacky Alcin [11:06] TR News "Do you want AI-powered social orbits, autonomous recruiting firms, and an AI-powered credit card? Too bad, youre getting them anyway." https://www.404media.co/a16z-is-funding-a-speedrun-to-ai-generated-hell-on-earth/ | Source: 404 Media [11:06] TR Bot a16z Is Funding a 'Speedrun' to AI-Generated Hell on Earth [11:08] TR News "Australian cyber expert Troy Hunt, who revealed the incident, called it a vast corpus of breached data, which totals 3.5 terrabytes." https://zambianobserver.com/gmail-users-have-been-urged-to-check-their-accounts-after-more-than-183-million-passwords-were-stolen/ | Source: The Zambian Observer [11:08] TR Bot Gmail users have been urged to check their accounts after more than 183 million passwords were stolen - The Zambian Observer [11:08] TR News "The article makes a big deal of the fact that Gmail passwords were included in the leak without saying a single word about the fact that your Gmail password is also your Google password." https://blog.kamens.us/2025/10/28/how-you-actually-should-respond-to-that-183-million-credentials-leak/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens [11:08] TR Bot How you actually should respond to that 183 million credentials leak Something better to do [11:08] TR News "However, Apple never assigned a CVE while reluctantly fixing this serious bug/privacy leak." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/10/28/airtrafficdevice-ignored-reluctantly-fixed-no-cve-no-bounty/ | Source: Michael Tsai [11:09] TR Bot Michael Tsai - Blog - AirTrafficDevice: Ignored, Reluctantly Fixed, No CVE, No Bounty [11:09] TR News "The group has existed since July 2022 but expanded its operations in the last few years, now operating through the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model." https://therecord.media/qilin-ransomware-gang-hits-hundreds-of-orgs-2025 | Source: The Record [11:09] TR Bot Researchers warn of Qilin ransomware gang after group hit hundreds of orgs this year | The Record from Recorded Future News [11:09] TR News "Amazon throttled some requests for EC2 resources, but said retrying a request should resolve the issue." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/aws_us_east_1_more_problems/ | Source: The Register UK [11:09] TR Bot AWS US-EAST-1 region is having another bad day The Register [11:10] TR News "Organizations using Cisco and Citrix VPN devices were nearly seven times as likely to suffer a ransomware infection over a 15-month period, according to At-Bay" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/cisco_citrix_vpn_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK [11:10] TR Bot Next-gen firewalls, VPNs can increase security risks: At-Bay The Register [11:11] TR News "A single AWS region is a single point of failure." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/aws_outage_myths_reality/ | Source: The Register UK [11:11] TR Bot AWS outage: Myths vs reality The Register [11:11] TR News "While in in the check-out line, I often see some patrons, typically elderly and/or disabled, paying with EBT cards." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger-games-begin | Source: Paul Krugman [11:11] TR Bot The Hunger Games Begin - Paul Krugman [11:11] TR News "The M8 has extensive USB audio and MIDI capabilities, but it cannot be a USB MIDI host. So you can control other devices through USB MIDI, but cannot sent to it over USB." https://blog.jimmac.eu/2025/usb-midi-m8/ | Source: Jakub Steiner [11:11] TR Bot USB MIDI Controllers on the M8 - Even a Stopped Clock [11:16] TR News "Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs have conducted a new study" https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/scientists-claim-you-cant-see-the-difference-between-1440p-and-8k-at-10-feet-in-new-study-on-the-limits-of-the-human-eye-would-still-be-an-improvement-on-the-previously-touted-upper-limit-of-60-pixels-per-degree | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:16] TR Bot Scientists claim you can't see the difference between 1440p and 8K at 10 feet in new study on the limits of the human eye would still be an improvement on the previously-touted upper limit of 60 pixels per degree | Tom's Hardware [11:16] TR News "Eight years ago Backblaze was starting to see that the engineers were succeeding in the first region: [...]" https://blog.dshr.org/2025/10/the-bathtub-curve.html | Source: David Rosenthal [11:16] TR Bot DSHR's Blog: The Bathtub Curve [11:17] TR News "I do not need it. The three key cluster on my current deck is plenty." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/not-enough-keys/ | Source: Matthew Weber [11:17] TR Bot Not Enough Keys - Matt's Blog [11:17] TR News "The best way to discover which frequencies are supported by the P and E cores in the CPU of an Apple silicon chip is using the output of the command tool powermetrics." https://eclecticlight.co/2025/10/28/updating-cpu-frequencies-for-apple-silicon-macs/ | Source: Howard Oakley [11:17] TR Bot Updating CPU frequencies for Apple silicon Macs The Eclectic Light Company [11:17] TR News "integral sign This article describes how to solve simple problems in the calculus of variations using Maple." https://kevinboone.me/gateaux.html | Source: Kevin Boone [11:17] TR Bot Kevin Boone: Gteaux differentials and Euler-Lagrange equations using Maple [11:17] TR News "With all this taking of photos, do we want the photos or the memories? You might say, if I dont have the photos I wont be able to remember it as clearly." https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/pictures/ | Source: Gregory Hammond [11:17] TR Bot Pictures - Gregory Hammond [11:18] TR News "To make things more interesting and entertaining in the middle of the week, lets turn it on its ear and ask only for the wrong answers today." https://boffosocko.com/2025/10/28/how-do-you-use-your-typewriter-wrong-answers-only-edition/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [11:18] TR Bot How do you use your typewriter? [Wrong Answers Only Edition] | Chris Aldrich [11:18] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:19] *whatA____ (~chatzilla@ywjy8d8qar2m2.irc) has joined #techrights [11:20] TR News "I really enjoyed the tour of SNL's audio department and when he got to go inside Disney's Sound Lab (both embedded below)." https://chrisenns.com/2025/10/inside-disneys-secret-sound-lab-with-dallas-taylor/ | Source: Chris Enns [11:20] TR Bot Inside Disney's Secret Sound Lab with Dallas Taylor [11:21] TR News "Maybe its just the notebooks that I bought, or maybe Im just coming around the idea that smaller notebooks are better." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/smaller-notebooks-are-better-notebooks/ | Source: Matthew Weber [11:21] TR Bot Smaller Notebooks Are Better Notebooks - Matt's Blog [11:21] TR News "But this redesign was a good reminder that Im always working amongst smart, inquisitive folks and all of them are taking inspiration from unlikely sources and adding their own thing to the mix." https://robinrendle.com/notes/an-abundance-of-inspiration/ | Source: Robin Rendle [11:21] TR Bot An Abundance of Inspiration [11:21] TR News "Is this something the browser should handle? I don't know! What if an img element, dressed with a particular new opengraph attribute, could be used to reference a site this way when linking to it?" https://scottjehl.com/posts/open-graph/ | Source: Scott Jehl [11:21] TR Bot Could Open Graph Just Be a CSS Media Type? | Scott Jehl, Web Designer/Developer [11:25] TR News Techrights Links 29/10/2025: "US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination" and Boat Strikes Deemed Unlawful https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Links_29_10_2025_US_Military_Is_Destroying_the_Planet_Beyond_Im.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Links_29_10_2025_US_Military_Is_Destroying_the_Planet_Beyond_Im.gmi [11:25] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/10/2025: "US Military Is Destroying the Planet Beyond Imagination" and Boat Strikes Deemed Unlawful [11:25] TR News "The Blockly open source library, assets, and key members of the Blockly team transition from Google to the Raspberry Pi Foundation." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-home-for-blockly/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:25] TR Bot The new home for Blockly - Raspberry Pi Foundation [11:25] TR News "One of the more unexpected talks at last week's Ubuntu Summit 25.10 in London was by Antonio Salvemini of Bolt Graphics, who introduced the company's forthcoming range of Zeus graphics accelerator hardware. These are very unlike any conventional GPUs or indeed anything else." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/bolt_graphics_zeus_gpu/ [11:25] TR Bot Bolt Graphics unveils Zeus GPU built on RISC-V, path tracing The Register [11:35] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/PETA_and_Activism.shtml [11:35] TR Bot Techrights PETA and Activism [11:35] whatA____ IMO anyone stupid enough will interpret Touhou as "cruelty" (sic) since the animals are depicted as real humans (moe gijinka) [11:36] whatA____ e.g. Wriggle = cockroach, Mystia = sparrow, Utsuho = raven, [11:36] whatA____ same goes to Kemono Friends possibly [11:39] whatA____ Touhou being bullet hell means possible misinterpretation as shooting Wriggle, Mystia [11:43] TR News "It's boringly simple." https://thomasrigby.com/posts/jrnl/ | Source: Thomas Rigby [11:43] TR Bot thomasrigby.com [11:43] TR News "The core issue: AI tools have made code generation cheap, but they havent made code review cheap." https://samsaffron.com/archive/2025/10/27/your-vibe-coded-slop-pr-is-not-welcome | [11:43] TR Bot Your vibe coded slop PR is not welcome [11:43] TR News "I hold myself to a standard of simplicity and clarity, and strive for perfection in my work. I write stuff clean (not clean code TM), I document my work, I write tests, and I follow good practices and patterns(not always to a T)." https://dayvster.com/blog/worse-is-better-start-simple-and-iterate/ | Source: Dayvi Schuster [11:43] TR Bot Worse is Better Start Simple and Iterate [11:45] TR News "The FreeBSD Foundation is excited to welcome the community to the 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, taking place November 67" https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-vendor-summit-happening-next-week-november-6-7-2025/ | Source: FreeBSD [11:45] TR Bot FreeBSD Vendor Summit Happening Next Week November 67, 2025 | FreeBSD Foundation [11:45] TR News "The (not so) secret behind that talk is its actually based on lessons #3, #4 and #5 of Complete CSS." https://piccalil.li/links/the-entire-principals-module-of-complete-css-is-now-free/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell [11:45] TR Bot The entire Principles module of Complete CSS is now free - Piccalilli [11:47] TR News "I like to code stuff I use and a static stie generator has been on that list for a while" https://ittavern.com/switching-from-hugo-to-picopaper/ | Source: IT Tavern [11:47] TR Bot from Hugo to picopaper - Ittavern.com [11:48] TR News "jesgemini is a minimal static site (capsule) generator for the Gemini Protocol." https://jesgemini.zerodogg.org/ | [11:48] TR Bot jesgemini [11:48] TR News "The Tor Project has announced the release of its privacy-focused Tor Browser v15.0, now available for download" https://linuxiac.com/tor-browser-15-0-arrives-based-on-firefox-esr-140/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:48] TR Bot Tor Browser 15.0 Arrives Based on Firefox ESR 140 [11:51] whatA____ http://torproject.org/ [11:51] TR Bot Tor Project | Anonymity Online [11:51] whatA____ no not the gift matching thing [11:51] whatA____ thanks to the SFLC ripoff debacle [11:54] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Who_is_the_Mystery_Payer_of_Sandlers_Software_Freedom_Conservan.shtml [11:54] TR Bot Techrights Who is the Mystery Payer of Sandlers' (Software Freedom Conservancy) Quarter Million Dollars (Huge Salary) Per Year? ● Oct 29 [12:06] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2023/10/02/Forget_VSCode_Microsoft_s_Proprietary_Spyware_Use_KATE_Instead.shtml [12:06] TR Bot Techrights Forget VSCode (Microsoft's Proprietary Spyware), Use KATE Instead [12:07] whatA____ KDevelop seems to never get itself some spotlight...? [12:11] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/22/Canonical_Increasingly_Controlled_by_Microsoft_Markets_Microsof.shtml [12:11] TR Bot Techrights Canonical Increasingly Controlled by Microsoft, Markets Microsoft's Vendor Lock-in and Amplifies Microsoft Instead of Promoting Alternatives [12:13] whatA____ then comes the Rustening http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/In_Case_Rust_Censors_It_Rust_Has_Long_Been_All_About_Censorship.shtml [12:13] TR Bot Techrights In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals [12:14] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/06/Ubuntu_Becomes_Microsoft_GitHub_Based_on_Decision_Made_by_Briti.shtml [12:14] TR Bot Techrights Ubuntu Becomes Microsoft GitHub, Based on Decision Made by British Army Officer [12:19] whatA____ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml [12:19] TR Bot Techrights Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. [12:20] whatA____ origins http://techrights.org/o/2023/05/30/mark-shuttleworth-microsoft/ [12:20] TR Bot MS (Mark Shuttleworth) as a Microsoft Salesperson ● Oct 29 [13:02] TR News "Timothe Giet, French graphic artist, co-maintainer of the famous edutainment free educational software GCompris, and an active contributor to the Krita software" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/free-software-developer-timothee-giet-visits-kite/article70212953.ece | Source: The Hindu [13:02] TR Bot Free software developer Timothe Giet visits KITE - The Hindu [13:02] TR News "Vim is a superb tool for repeating changes, and there is even a whole chapter in the user manual about repeating commands." https://pawelgrzybek.com/make-vim-macros-fun-to-work-with/ | Source: Pawe Grzybek [13:02] TR Bot Vim macros fun to work with | pawelgrzybek.com [13:02] TR News "I use incremental selections in Neovim all the time." https://pawelgrzybek.com/nvim-incremental-selection/ | Source: Pawe Grzybek [13:02] TR Bot incremental selection using Tree-sitter | pawelgrzybek.com [13:02] TR News "What I can say is that I do remember specific version numbers for software that had an impact on my life in positive ways. Here are just a few: [...]" https://rubenerd.com/an-affinity-for-specific-versions/ | Source: Ruben Schade [13:02] TR Bot An affinity for specific versions [13:03] TR News "nvi2, which is what you get in DragonFly when you type vi, has been updated to version 2.2.2. The nvi2 README gives a little history of how many years this has been around. Close to 50? A family tree would be interesting." https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/10/28/vi-improvements/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest [13:03] TR Bot vi improvements DragonFly BSD Digest [13:03] TR News "TrueNAS 25.10.0, a specialist, Debian-based Linux distribution designed for NAS (network-attached storage) computers" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12614 | Source: Distro Watch [13:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12614 ) [13:03] TR News "The MX Linux team has announced the availability of the first release candidate for MX Linux 25" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12611 | Source: Distro Watch [13:03] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12611 ) [13:04] TR News "Jef Spaleta has announced the launch of Fedora 43." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12613 | Source: Distro Watch [13:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12613 ) [13:04] TR News "One of the biggest changes in Fedora Workstation 43 is that its now Wayland-only." https://linuxiac.com/fedora-43-officially-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:04] TR Bot Fedora 43 Officially Released, This Is Whats New [13:04] TR News "The distro rolled out its alpha release in early September" https://linuxiac.com/why-kde-linux-chose-to-bet-on-immutability-instead-of-native-packages/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:04] TR Bot Why KDE Linux Chose to Bet on Immutability Instead of Native Packages [13:05] TR News "The KDE team has announced the release of Plasma 6.5.1, the first bugfix update to the major Plasma 6.5 series." https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-5-1-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:05] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Desktop Environment Released [13:05] TR News "Probably more Ubuntu enthusiasts have noticed that Unity" https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-unity-project-faces-uncertain-future/ | Source: Linuxiac [13:05] TR Bot Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future [13:05] TR News "Okay, time to start level 3-2. This, like level 3-1, is in the mountainous regions." https://lmika.org/2025/10/28/devlog-godot-game-level-and.html | Source: Leon Mika [13:06] TR Bot Devlog: Godot Game - Level 3-2 and a Rotating Platform - Leon Mika [13:06] TR News "Derek Clark, an independent developer who's done a lot for Linux support on Legion devices" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/lenovo-legion-devices-running-linux-set-to-get-new-extreme-mode-that-fixes-previously-broken-power-limits-only-approved-devices-will-be-able-to-run-the-maximum-performance-mode | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:06] TR Bot Lenovo Legion devices running Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode that fixes previously-broken power limits only approved devices will be able to run the maximum performance mode | Tom's Hardware [13:11] TR News "Mostly I just wish that the option were not mostly 1) host it yourself, or 2) sign up with some enormous corporation" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/i-kind-of-hate-that-i-have-to-self-host-stuff | Source: Pete Brown [13:11] TR Bot I kind of hate that I have to self-host stuff. - Exploding Comma [13:11] TR News "The ongoing development of Tor Browser is made possible thanks to the support of our community." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-150/ | Source: Tor [13:12] TR Bot New Release: Tor Browser 15.0 | The Tor Project [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] "> Thank you so much for supporting our work! [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] Oh yes 100% support." [13:13] schestowitz[TR2] seems we are on the right track with EPO [13:14] TR News "How a smart bed woke people up to lack of ownership; literally" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/how-a-smart-bed-woke-people-up-to-lack:0 [13:14] TR Bot How a smart bed woke people up to lack of ownership; literally [13:14] TR News "WARNING: Your Bed Needs the Cloud?" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/warning-your-bed-needs-the-cloud:8 [13:14] TR Bot WARNING: Your Bed Needs the Cloud? [13:14] TR News "December Microsoft Teams Update to Automatically Report User Location" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/26/0837220 [13:14] TR Bot December Microsoft Teams Update to Automatically Report User Location - SoylentNews [13:15] TR News iophk: squeezing some FUD in between facts https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-targets-windows-hosts-linux-based-ransomware [13:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-targets-windows-hosts-linux-based-ransomware ) [13:15] TR News "Saudi Arabias New Power Play Is Exporting [SLOP] to the World" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/17/Slop_Nihilism_is_Funded_by_Big_Oil.shtml [13:15] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/saudi-arabia-ai-exporter.html ) [13:15] TR Bot Techrights Slop Nihilism is Funded by Big Oil [13:16] TR News "Carey Holzman claims I hate the 1st amendment " https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/carey-holzman-claims-i-hate-the-1st:d [13:16] TR Bot Carey Holzman claims I hate the 1st amendment [13:16] TR News iophk: how much due to stock buybacks and other scams? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/28/apple-microsoft-valuation4tn-stock-market-bubble-fears/ [13:16] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/28/apple-microsoft-valuation4tn-stock-market-bubble-fears/ ) [13:18] TR News (NEW): Graphics: Collabora on Zink and Latest Work by Mike Blumenkrantz https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Graphics_Collabora_on_Zink_and_Latest_Work_by_Mike_Blumenkrantz.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Graphics_Collabora_on_Zink_and_Latest_Work_by_Mike_Blumenkrantz.gmi [13:18] TR News (NEW): KDE, Games, and Qt https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Games_and_Qt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Games_and_Qt.gmi [13:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Graphics: Collabora on Zink and Latest Work by Mike Blumenkrantz [13:18] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE, Games, and Qt [13:18] TR News zerodogg gemini://jesgemini.zerodogg.org [13:21] TR News SteamOS 3.7.17 Beta disables wake-on-bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD again | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/steamos-3-7-17-beta-disables-wake-on-bluetooth-for-steam-deck-lcd-again/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:21] TR Bot 3.7.17 Beta disables wake-on-bluetooth for Steam Deck LCD again | GamingOnLinux [13:21] TR News GE-Proton 10-23 released with fixes for Killer Instinct, Heroes of Newerth Reborn and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-23-released-with-fixes-for-killer-instinct-heroes-of-newerth-reborn-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:21] TR Bot 10-23 released with fixes for Killer Instinct, Heroes of Newerth Reborn and more | GamingOnLinux [13:22] TR News Ghost of Tsushima gets Steam Deck Verified as the devs push the multiplayer into a DLC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ghost-of-tsushima-gets-steam-deck-verified-as-the-devs-push-the-multiplayer-into-a-dlc/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:22] TR Bot of Tsushima gets Steam Deck Verified as the devs push the multiplayer into a DLC | GamingOnLinux [13:29] TR News Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/mortal-kombat-legacy-kollection-gets-steam-deck-verified-ahead-of-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:29] TR Bot Kombat: Legacy Kollection gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release | GamingOnLinux [13:30] TR News Civilization VII set for a big change to allow you to play as one civ continuously | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/civilization-vii-set-for-a-big-change-to-allow-you-to-play-as-one-civ-continuously/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:30] TR Bot VII set for a big change to allow you to play as one civ continuously | GamingOnLinux [13:30] TR News A wildlife DLC has been teased for Two Point Museum | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/a-wildlife-dlc-has-been-teased-for-two-point-museum/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:31] TR Bot wildlife DLC has been teased for Two Point Museum | GamingOnLinux [13:40] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:40] schestowitz[TR2] Search for images in DDG, for instance, before they disappear, chech his LinkedIn profile. [13:40] schestowitz[TR2] This guy had a rocket career but why ?...... [13:40] schestowitz[TR2] All the best," [13:49] TR News The new survival game VEIN looks awesome with intelligent AI and interactions with nearly everything | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-new-survival-game-vein-looks-awesome-with-intelligent-ai-and-interactions-with-nearly-everything/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:49] TR Bot new survival game VEIN looks awesome with intelligent AI and interactions with nearly everything | GamingOnLinux [13:55] TR News Techrights EPO Cocainegate: Feedback and Clarifications https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/EPO_Cocainegate_Feedback_and_Clarifications.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/EPO_Cocainegate_Feedback_and_Clarifications.gmi [13:55] TR Bot Techrights EPO Cocainegate: Feedback and Clarifications [13:56] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 29 [14:04] TR News New security advisory released for X.Org X server and Xwayland issues | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/new-security-advisory-released-for-x-org-x-server-and-xwayland-issues/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:04] TR Bot security advisory released for X.Org X server and Xwayland issues | GamingOnLinux [14:05] TR News Time to run as Death by Scrolling from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox is out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/time-to-run-as-death-by-scrolling-from-ron-gilbert-terrible-toybox-is-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:05] TR Bot to run as Death by Scrolling from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox is out now | GamingOnLinux [14:05] TR News Fedora Linux 43 has officially arrived | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/fedora-linux-43-has-officially-arrived/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/fedora-linux-43-has-officially-arrived/ [14:05] TR Bot Linux 43 has officially arrived | GamingOnLinux [14:06] TR News GOG Preservation Program expands with Splinter Cell, Hitman and more + Autumn Sale is on | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/gog-preservation-program-expands-with-splinter-cell-hitman-and-more-autumn-sale-is-on/ Source: GamingOnLinux [14:06] TR Bot Preservation Program expands with Splinter Cell, Hitman and more + Autumn Sale is on | GamingOnLinux [14:08] TR News (NEW): Games: GOG Preservation Program, Civilization VII, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Games_GOG_Preservation_Program_Civilization_VII_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Games_GOG_Preservation_Program_Civilization_VII_and_More.gmi [14:08] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: GOG Preservation Program, Civilization VII, and More [14:12] *\join_subline has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:13] TR News Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer https://linuxiac.com/distrobox-1-8-2-brings-polished-experience-new-maintainer/ [14:13] TR Bot Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer [14:13] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10, Heres How https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Ubuntu_25_04_Users_Can_Now_Upgrade_to_Ubuntu_25_10_Here_s_How.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Ubuntu_25_04_Users_Can_Now_Upgrade_to_Ubuntu_25_10_Here_s_How.gmi [14:13] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10, Heres How [14:14] TR News Spidermonkey Development Blog: Who needs Graphviz when you can build it yourself? https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2025/10/28/iongraph-web.html [14:14] TR Bot Who needs Graphviz when you can build it yourself? | SpiderMonkey JavaScript/WebAssembly Engine [14:14] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1043776/ [14:14] TR Bot updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [14:15] TR News Government Pressure to Suspend Jimmy Kimmel Was an Abuse of Power https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/government-pressure-to-suspend-jimmy-kimmel-was-an-abuse-of-power [14:15] TR Bot Government Pressure to Suspend Jimmy Kimmel Was an Abuse of Power | American Civil Liberties Union [14:15] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Project goals for 2025H2 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/10/28/project-goals-2025h2/ [14:15] TR Bot Project goals for 2025H2 | Rust Blog [14:17] TR News KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Desktop Environment Released https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-5-1-desktop-environment-released/ [14:17] TR Bot KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Desktop Environment Released [14:17] TR News Fedora 43 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://linuxiac.com/fedora-43-officially-released/ [14:17] TR Bot Fedora 43 Officially Released, This Is Whats New [14:18] TR News An affinity for specific versions https://rubenerd.com/an-affinity-for-specific-versions/ [14:18] TR Bot An affinity for specific versions [14:18] TR News Tor Browser 15.0 Arrives Based on Firefox ESR 140 https://linuxiac.com/tor-browser-15-0-arrives-based-on-firefox-esr-140/ [14:18] TR Bot Tor Browser 15.0 Arrives Based on Firefox ESR 140 [14:20] *\join_subline (~join_subline@x58kccsbytrv6.irc) has joined #techrights [14:20] TR News USB MIDI Controllers on the M8 https://blog.jimmac.eu/2025/usb-midi-m8/ [14:20] TR Bot USB MIDI Controllers on the M8 - Even a Stopped Clock [14:21] TR News I watched my first YouTube shorts, and Im confuzzled https://rubenerd.com/i-watched-my-first-youtube-shorts/ [14:21] TR Bot I watched my first YouTube shorts, and Im confuzzled [14:21] TR News A fair digital future at risk: EDRis contribution to the Digital Fairness Act https://edri.org/our-work/a-fair-digital-future-at-risk-edri-contribution-to-the-digital-fairness-act/ [14:21] TR Bot A fair digital future at risk: EDRis contribution to the Digital Fairness Act - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [14:21] TR News Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview Hey Hi (AI) https://noyb.eu/en/criminal-complaint-against-facial-recognition-company-clearview-ai [14:21] TR Bot Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI [14:24] TR News Pluralistic: Raymond Biesinger's "9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off" (28 Oct 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/28/productive-seething/ [14:24] TR Bot Pluralistic: Raymond Biesingers 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off (28 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:44] TR News iophk: "I'm finding that the regular sites which used to have news are now filling with chaff and stenography. And then there is the matter of AI slop." https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/study-claims-9-of-us-newspaper-articles-at-least-partly-ai-generated/ ("Study claims 9% of US newspaper articles at least partly AI generated") [14:44] TR Bot Study claims 9% of US newspaper articles at least partly AI generated - Press Gazette [14:49] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [14:49] *Now talking on #techrights ● Oct 29 [15:02] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [15:05] *Now talking on #techrights [15:15] TR News "Aisuru, the botnet responsible for a series of record-smashing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks this year" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/aisuru-botnet-shifts-from-ddos-to-residential-proxies/ | Source: Krebs On Security [15:15] TR Bot Aisuru Botnet Shifts from DDoS to Residential Proxies Krebs on Security [15:16] TR News "As with previous generations, BlueField-4 supports the Ubuntu OS, which comes with Canonicals security maintenance and support" https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-and-nvidia-bluefield-4-a-foundation-for-zero-trust-high-performance-infrastructure | Source: Ubuntu [15:16] TR Bot and NVIDIA BlueField-4: a foundation for zero-trust high performance infrastructure | Ubuntu [15:16] TR News "Today, theFedora Project is excited to announce thegeneral availability of Fedora Linux 43, the latest version of the free and open source operating system." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-43 | Source: Red Hat Official [15:16] TR Bot Announcing Fedora 43 [15:17] TR News "This release continues our commitment to providing enterprises with open, flexible, and efficient AI solutions that are ready for production deployment across the hybrid cloud." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerating-nemotron-nano-2-9b-quantization-kv-cache | Source: Red Hat Official [15:17] TR Bot Accelerating Nemotron Nano 2 9B: From Quantization to KV-Cache [15:18] TR News "The success of Ansible Automation Platform hinges not just on platform administrators and developers, but on the widespread adoption of automation across the entire organization." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/empower-everyone-automate-ansibles-self-service-automation-portal | Source: Red Hat Official [15:18] TR Bot Empower everyone to automate with Ansible's self-service automation portal [15:18] TR News "Today, Red Hat is reducing that friction at the source with the release of a STIG-hardened Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI-STIG)." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-red-hats-stig-hardened-ubi-nvidia-gpus-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official [15:18] TR Bot Introducing Red Hats STIG-hardened UBI for NVIDIA GPUs on Red Hat OpenShift [15:18] TR News "Red Hat AI offers a model customization experience that builds on the success ofInstructLab, evolving it into a modular architecture powered by Python libraries created by Red Hat." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-modular-building-blocks-scalable-repeatable-model-customization | Source: Red Hat Official [15:18] TR Bot Red Hat AI: Modular building blocks for scalable model customization [15:18] TR News (NEW): KDE, Games, and Qt https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Games_and_Qt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Games_and_Qt.gmi [15:18] TR Bot Tux Machines KDE, Games, and Qt [15:18] TR News "This is why I'm so enthusiastic about the collaboration between Red Hat and NVIDIA." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-distribute-nvidia-cuda-across-red-hat-ai-rhel-and-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official [15:18] TR Bot Red Hat to distribute NVIDIA CUDA across Red Hat AI, RHEL and OpenShift [15:19] TR News "The key learning: Fail fast, iterate, and try again." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/take-fail-fast-approach-developing-rhel-upgrade-automation | Source: Red Hat Official [15:19] TR Bot Take a fail-fast approach for developing RHEL upgrade automation [15:19] TR News "The most vulnerable state is data in use, the moment it's actively being processed in memory." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/power-confidential-containers-red-hat-openshift-nvidia-gpus | Source: Red Hat Official [15:19] TR Bot The power of confidential containers on Red Hat OpenShift with NVIDIA GPUs [15:21] TR News "Its a truism that a computer must boot before it begins to operate. Nowadays that bootstrapping process is automatic, but in the case of the very first home computers, it was very much a hands-on affair." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/28/give-atmega88-the-boot-with-this-retro-front-panel/ | Source: Hackaday [15:21] TR Bot ATMega88 The Boot With This Retro Front Panel | Hackaday [15:22] TR News "The flip-flop, in whichever of its several forms you encounter it, is a staple of logic design." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/28/2025-component-abuse-challenge-a-bistable-flip-flop-with-a-fuse/ | Source: Hackaday [15:22] TR Bot Component Abuse Challenge: A Bistable Flip-Flop With A Fuse | Hackaday [15:22] TR News Kiwi TCMS: Testing and Continuous Delivery devroom, FOSDEM'26 https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2025/10/27/testing-and-continuous-delivery-devroom-fosdem26/ [15:22] TR Bot Kiwi TCMS - Testing and Continuous Delivery devroom, FOSDEM'26 [15:23] TR News Mozilla Attack & Defense: Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q3 https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/10/28/firefox-security-privacy-newsletter-2025-q3.html [15:23] TR Bot Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q3 | Attack & Defense [15:24] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-29.gmi [15:29] TR News #KeepItOn: Authorities in Tanzania must commit to unrestricted access to the internet during elections https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-tanzania-must-commit-to-unrestricted-access-to-the-internet-during-elections/ [15:29] TR Bot #KeepItOn: Authorities in Tanzania must commit to unrestricted access to the internet during elections - Access Now [15:29] TR News #KeepItOn: Government of Tanzania must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout upcoming elections https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-tanzania-must-ensure-unrestricted-internet-access-upcoming-elections/ [15:29] TR Bot Access Now - #KeepItOn: Government of Tanzania must ensure unrestricted internet access throughout upcoming elections [15:34] whatA____ http://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/github-unveils-agent-hq-a-central-hub-for-ai-coding-agents-from-top-providers/ [15:34] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/github-unveils-agent-hq-a-central-hub-for-ai-coding-agents-from-top-providers/ ) [15:34] whatA____ http://techrights.org/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court [15:34] TR Bot Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages) [15:39] TR News Mozilla Thunderbird: Mobile Progress Report: September-October 2025 https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/mobile-progress-report-september-october-2025/ [15:39] TR Bot Mobile Progress Report: September-October 2025 - The Thunderbird Blog [15:39] TR News Toggle show or hide password in initrd https://bkhome.org/news/202510/toggle-show-or-hide-password-in-initrd.html [15:39] TR Bot Toggle show or hide password in initrd [15:40] TR News Ubuntu Unity Maintainers Sound the Alarm, Official Flavor Needs Help! https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-unity-needs-help/ [15:40] TR Bot Ubuntu Unity Maintainers Sound the Alarm, Official Flavor Needs Help! [15:40] TR News How to Rotate Laravel Log Files https://tecadmin.net/rotate-laravel-log-files/ [15:40] TR Bot How to Rotate Laravel Log Files TecAdmin [15:41] TR News What LeetCode? I Found This Platform to Practice GNU/Linux Troubleshooting Skills https://news.itsfoss.com/sadservers/ [15:41] TR Bot What LeetCode? I Found This Platform to Practice Linux Troubleshooting Skills [15:41] TR News Fedora GNU/Linux 43 released (Fedora Magazine) https://lwn.net/Articles/1043785/ [15:41] TR Bot Linux 43 released (Fedora Magazine) [LWN.net] [15:42] TR News Summary of feedback from the ICP-2 Review webinar of 25 October 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/29/summary-of-feedback-from-the-icp-2-review-webinar-of-25-october-2025/ [15:42] TR Bot Summary of feedback from the ICP-2 Review webinar of 21 October 2025 | APNIC Blog [15:42] TR News Rate-based versus credit-based flow control: Part 2 Notes on flow control https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/28/rate-based-versus-credit-based-flow-control-part-2-notes-on-flow-control/ [15:42] TR Bot Rate-based versus credit-based flow control: Part 2 Notes on flow control | APNIC Blog [15:42] TR News "If you were asked to make an e-commerce website in 2025, what language would you reach for? Show of hands: JavaScript? Go? 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Doctor stunned as she's hit with massive bill after breaking ankle - Raw Story [18:56] psydruid https://azure.status.microsoft/nl-nl/status [18:56] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://azure.status.microsoft/nl-nl/status ) [18:56] psydruid Bill and Satya Clown ● Oct 29 [19:42] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [19:44] TR News Red Hat tightens Nvidia ties with BlueField integration and native CUDA support https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/28/red-hat-tightens-nvidia-ties-bluefield-integration-native-cuda-support/ [19:44] TR Bot Hat tightens Nvidia ties with BlueField integration and native CUDA support - SiliconANGLE [19:46] TR News MElons Grokipedia Extensively Copied From Wikipedia https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-grokipedia-copied-wikipedia [19:46] TR Bot Elon Musk's Grokipedia Extensively Copied From Wikipedia [19:46] TR News Grokipedias Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grokipedia-article-cybertruck [19:46] TR Bot Grokipedia's Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed [19:47] TR News Hackers Target Swedish Power Grid Operator https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-target-swedish-power-grid-operator/ [19:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-target-swedish-power-grid-operator/ ) [19:47] TR News Cybercriminals Trade 183 Million Stolen Credentials on Telegram, Dark Forums https://www.securityweek.com/cybercriminals-trade-183-million-stolen-credentials-on-telegram-dark-forums/ [19:47] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cybercriminals-trade-183-million-stolen-credentials-on-telegram-dark-forums/ ) [19:48] TR News TurboMirai-Class Aisuru Botnet Blamed for 20+ Tbps DDoS Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/turbomirai-class-aisuru-botnet-blamed-for-20-tbps-ddos-attacks/ [19:48] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/turbomirai-class-aisuru-botnet-blamed-for-20-tbps-ddos-attacks/ ) [19:53] admfubar is this a uri geller property??? https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/29/1631223/aol-to-be-sold-to-bending-spoons-for-roughly-15-billion [19:53] TR Bot AOL To Be Sold To Bending Spoons For Roughly $1.5 Billion - Slashdot [19:53] TR News EPA deepens work with water sector amid rising cyber concerns https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/10/epa-deepens-work-with-water-sector-amid-rising-cyber-concerns/ [19:53] TR Bot EPA deepens work with water sector amid rising cyber concerns [19:53] admfubar need this in the states... https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/29/147251/china-bars-influencers-from-discussing-professional-topics-without-relevant-degrees [19:53] TR Bot China Bars Influencers From Discussing Professional Topics Without Relevant Degrees - Slashdot [19:55] TR News Vulnerability Management Process Perspective https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/10/28/vulnerability-management-process-perspective/ [19:55] TR Bot Vulnerability Management Processes: Governance to Operations ● Oct 29 [20:02] TR News Thats Why We Become Witches: Sylvia Townsend Warners Lolly Willowes (1926) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/lolly-willowes [20:02] TR Bot Thats Why We Become Witches: Sylvia Townsend Warners *Lolly Willowes* (1926) The Public Domain Review [20:03] TR News Leaked Document Shows Amazon Scheming to Keep Hey Hi (AI) Data Center Water Use Secret https://futurism.com/science-energy/leak-amazon-hides-water-consumption [20:03] TR Bot Leaked Document Shows Amazon Scheming to Keep AI Data Center Water Use Secret [20:03] TR News After Bringing Down Internet, Amazon Announces Biggest Mass Firing in Its History https://futurism.com/future-society/internet-aws-amazon-layoffs [20:03] TR Bot After Bringing Down Internet, Amazon Announces Biggest Mass Firing in Its History [20:03] TR News Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Ensure Consumers Dont Bear Cost of Next Gen TV https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-fcc-to-ensure-consumers-dont-bear-cost-of-next-gen-tv/ [20:03] TR Bot Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Ensure Consumers Dont Bear Cost of Next Gen TV - Public Knowledge [20:04] TR News Public Knowledge Urges FCC Chairman Carr To Protect Phone Network in VOIP Action https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-fcc-chairman-carr-to-protect-phone-network-in-voip-action/ [20:04] TR Bot Public Knowledge Urges FCC Chairman Carr To Protect Phone Network in VOIP Action - Public Knowledge [20:04] TR News https://news.itsfoss.com/latest/rss/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:41:05 GMT Good News! 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[20:08] TR News IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Released with Suricata 8 and Real-Time IPS Email Reporting https://linuxiac.com/ipfire-2-29-released-with-suricata-8-and-real-time-ips-email-reporting/ [20:08] TR Bot IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Released with Suricata 8 and Real-Time IPS Email Reporting [20:08] TR News Automating XSS Hunting with Dalfox [Pen Testing Hands-on] https://linuxhandbook.com/xss-hunting-dalfox/ [20:08] TR Bot Automating XSS Hunting with Dalfox [Pen Testing Hands-on] [20:10] TR News September 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/september-2025-top-40-new-cran-packages/ [20:10] TR Bot 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages | R-bloggers [20:10] TR News GSS Release https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/gss-release/ [20:10] TR Bot Release | R-bloggers [20:10] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/10/trump-administration-asks-the-supreme-court-to-allow-it-to-fire-head-of-us-copyright-office/ [20:10] TR Bot Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office [20:13] TR News "Want your kids to use Linux but can't decide which distro makes the best introduction? Should they use your daily driver or something different? Well, here are five distros I'm seriously considering for my own kidsand the reasoning behind each choice." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-plan-to-install-one-of-these-distros-on-my-kids-pcs/ [20:13] TR Bot My Kid's First PC Won't Run WindowsI'll Use One of These 5 Linux Distros Instead [20:13] TR News Experimental code https://thenewstack.io/why-sudo-rs-brings-modern-memory-safety-to-ubuntu-26-04/ [20:13] TR Bot Why Sudo-rs Brings Modern Memory Safety to Ubuntu 26.04 - The New Stack [20:14] TR News "Without help soon, the beloved Unity desktop Ubuntu flavor may not survive much longer." https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-unity-needs-help/ [20:14] TR Bot Ubuntu Unity Maintainers Sound the Alarm, Official Flavor Needs Help! 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Here's What's New https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-43-is-now-available/ [20:18] TR Bot Fedora Linux 43 Is Now Available. Here's What's New [20:18] TR News Windows issues twisted as "Linux" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qilin-ransomware-abuses-wsl-to-run-linux-encryptors-in-windows/ [20:18] TR Bot Qilin ransomware abuses WSL to run Linux encryptors in Windows [20:19] TR News "After I got into the Linux ecosystem with my Raspberry Pi, I began my distro-hopping journey armed with nothing more than an SBC. That interest soon devolved into an obsession after I built my home lab, and these days, I often spend hours tinkering with the coolest distributions I could lay my hands on." https://www.xda-developers.com/kali-linux-is-my-favorite-linux-distro-to-play-around-with/ [20:19] TR Bot Kali Linux is my favorite Linux distro to play around with [20:19] TR News WSL is Windows https://petri.com/qilin-linux-ransomware-targets-windows-systems/ [20:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://petri.com/qilin-linux-ransomware-targets-windows-systems/ ) [20:20] TR News Windows TCO https://www.scworld.com/brief/qilin-uses-linux-ransomware-to-evade-windows-defenses [20:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/brief/qilin-uses-linux-ransomware-to-evade-windows-defenses ) [20:20] TR News Almost 90% of Windows Games Run on Linux, Notes Report https://www.techpowerup.com/342337/almost-90-of-windows-games-run-on-linux-notes-report [20:20] TR Bot 90% of Windows Games Run on Linux, Notes Report | TechPowerUp [20:20] TR News "On the KDE side you get Plasma 6.4 which also has a whole lot new like per-workspace tiling options, accessibility upgrades, drawing tablet improvements and lots more." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/fedora-linux-43-has-officially-arrived/ [20:20] TR Bot Linux 43 has officially arrived | GamingOnLinux [20:21] TR News Nine out of ten Windows games can now run on Linux, data shows https://www.techspot.com/news/110047-nine-out-ten-windows-games-can-now-run.html [20:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/110047-nine-out-ten-windows-games-can-now-run.html ) [20:22] TR News 5 reasons why I switched to this new Linux text editor and never looked back https://www.xda-developers.com/why-switched-helix-linux-editor/ [20:22] TR Bot 5 reasons why I switched to this new Linux text editor and never looked back [20:22] TR News A Distraction-Free Handheld Linux Computer for Coders https://www.hackster.io/news/a-distraction-free-handheld-linux-computer-for-coders-89431141e6e4 [20:22] TR Bot Distraction-Free Handheld Linux Computer for Coders - Hackster.io [20:23] TR News "Move over theory and practice your Linux and DevOps skills by solving various challenges on this innovative platform. A good way to prepare for job interviews." https://news.itsfoss.com/sadservers/ [20:23] TR Bot What LeetCode? I Found This Platform to Practice Linux Troubleshooting Skills [20:23] TR News Free Electrons opens applications for embedded Linux developers https://primeprogressng.com/opportunities/free-electrons-opens-applications-for-embedded-linux-developers/ [20:23] TR Bot Free Electrons opens applications for embedded Linux developers - Prime Progress NG [20:24] TR News Windows is not great and using GNU/Linux "proper" would solve this https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-great-but-networking-mess-heres-how-fix-it/ [20:24] TR Bot WSL is great, but networking is a mess here's how I fixed it [20:24] TR News grep? ripgrep? The Silver Searcher? Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files? https://www.howtogeek.com/grep-ripgrep-the-silver-searcher-which-tool-is-best-to-find-text-in-files/ [20:25] TR Bot grep? ripgrep? The Silver Searcher? Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files? [20:25] TR News 6 Perl One-Liners to Replace Common Linux Utilities https://www.howtogeek.com/perl-one-liners-to-replace-common-linux-utilities/ [20:25] TR Bot 6 Perl One-Liners to Replace Common Linux Utilities [20:27] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/today_s_howtos.gmi [20:27] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [20:28] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:29] TR News (NEW): Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Nearly_90_of_Windows_Games_now_run_on_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Nearly_90_of_Windows_Games_now_run_on_GNU_Linux.gmi [20:29] TR News (NEW): Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files and a Look at Helix https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Which_Tool_is_Best_to_Find_Text_in_Files_and_a_Look_at_Helix.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Which_Tool_is_Best_to_Find_Text_in_Files_and_a_Look_at_Helix.gmi [20:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on GNU/Linux [20:29] TR Bot Tux Machines Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files and a Look at Helix [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00008.html [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] I generally fail to see why most of these devices such as fridges,l freezers , beds even need to be connected, it is more points of failure, after they fail you probably find out the product can't be fixed as it is out of some sort of support and you either need to pay through the roof to get it fixed, or buy a new product. [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] And yes, as pointed out you don't[ actually own the device, the software belongs to the company and can't be studied to see what it is actually doing, and you can't fix stuff. [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] Just more items to end up on piles of scrap technology too. [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:30] TR Bot to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10000 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00008.html ) [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00009.html [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] "Totally agree, and I urge people to just say NO to such devices, if we can get [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] enough people to do so, perhaps it will force manufacturers to go back to [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] devices we control... (and that don't add the phone when not needed...) [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] My pet peeve, also bed related. I've been sleeping on a Select Comfort [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] mattress for years, and really like it. It has a corded control - always [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] within reach, always charged, can't get lost, reliable, etc. But the mattress [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] is definitely showing it's age, and I'd love to replace it... But Select [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] Comfort no longer offers anything but mattresses controlled by a zombie-phone [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] app, complete w/ surveillance, and a monthly fee... Why I need to clutter a [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] phone with an app to remotely control a device that I'd only ever want to [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] adjust when in it I've yet to figure out. [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] I went into the store and confirmed this, my response was to tell them that I [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] hoped they found a good 'comfort number' when they forcibly put their app [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] controlled mattress in a place that doesn't get any sunshine... [20:30] schestowitz[TR2] ART" [20:31] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [20:31] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/29/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [20:31] TR Bot to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00009.html ) [20:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More [20:31] TR Bot Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [20:31] TR News "I think that this is the reason. 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I will probably make a long post about this. But I found a nice way to get started again: Christina's October 2025 Five Questions." gemini://smol.diy/gemlog/question_oct_2025.gmi [20:47] TR News "This server is made of my old big rig, my first built desktop computer. Through the ages I've replaced everything except the CPU. Originally I hosted many servers on my Raspberry PI 3B, my pet http site[1] I made at age 18, and minecraft servers for friends." gemini://gerthouse.com/blog/2025/hardware/ [20:49] TR News SpellBinding ACPFGIE Wordo: VITAS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-29.gmi [20:49] TR News "I installed Debian on my kids' laptops, and just recently I upgraded everything to Debian Trixie, however one of the laptop, the Dell Latitude 7390 has started to behave weirdly, with very frequents system freezing." gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/gemlog/2025-10-29-goodbye-debian.gmi [20:50] TR News Compiling sheepy with fil-c gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-10-29-compiling-sheepy-with-fil-c.gmi [20:54] MinceR https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wife [20:54] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Wife [20:55] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 29/10/2025: "My Hardware Specs" and "Goodbye Debian" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Gemini_Links_29_10_2025_My_Hardware_Specs_and_Goodbye_Debian.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Gemini_Links_29_10_2025_My_Hardware_Specs_and_Goodbye_Debian.gmi [20:55] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 29/10/2025: "My Hardware Specs" and "Goodbye Debian" [20:57] TR News Techrights Links 29/10/2025: Amazon Kept "Data Center Water Use Secret", "Abuse of Power" Against Media https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Links_29_10_2025_Amazon_Kept_Data_Center_Water_Use_Secret_Abuse.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Links_29_10_2025_Amazon_Kept_Data_Center_Water_Use_Secret_Abuse.gmi [20:57] TR Bot Techrights Links 29/10/2025: Amazon Kept "Data Center Water Use Secret", "Abuse of Power" Against Media ● Oct 29 [21:07] *oarion7 (~ryan@pkpk25r82859k.irc) has joined #techrights [21:42] schestowitz[TR2] psydruid: https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2025/efl-cup/swansea-v-man-city-29-oct-2025?page=Commentary [21:42] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2025/efl-cup/swansea-v-man-city-29-oct-2025?page=Commentary ) [21:42] schestowitz[TR2] from 1-0 to 1-3 [21:50] TR News 9 in 10 Windows games are running on Linux https://cybernews.com/gaming/9-in-10-windows-games-running-linux/ [21:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/gaming/9-in-10-windows-games-running-linux/ ) ● Oct 29 [22:01] nobody uhm, soccer [22:01] nobody schestowitz[TR2]: seen my tiny little website? [22:01] schestowitz[TR2] no [22:01] schestowitz[TR2] show me [22:01] *whatA____ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:01] nobody gladly: http://tinyfront.mooo.com [22:01] TR Bot index [22:02] nobody quickly talked about it yesterday night already and hoped you might have noticed [22:02] schestowitz[TR2] "Welcome to the low-noise tech zone for development of Tinyfront Operating System (TOS)!" [22:02] schestowitz[TR2] oh, you are, indeed, activelow [22:03] schestowitz[TR2] anyway, i am glad you don't bring up politics in this channel anymore [22:03] nobody well, rather complain to MinceR instead of me [22:03] MinceR https://files.catbox.moe/y2xhhe.png [22:03] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR is a cat lover :3 [22:04] schestowitz[TR2] MinceR: we are departing shortly [22:04] MinceR ok [22:05] nobody thing is, since recently it's possible to support an extended base-system profile _without_ either gcc/binutils or llvm/clang toolchains [22:05] nobody entire GNU can be detangled and use tinycc instead now [22:05] nobody well, not entire GNU, but a notable amount of free software [22:08] nobody the whole approach is described in the documentation section, then theres another tiny projects section for other topics, and a blog which keeps a few notes of my encounters with MICROS~1 affiliated entities [22:15] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Google News, and Other LLM Slopfarms https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Google_News_and_Other_LLM_Slopfarms.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/29/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Google_News_and_Other_LLM_Slopfarms.gmi [22:15] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Google News, and Other LLM Slopfarms [22:18] TR News These utterly corrupt people - i.e. criminal - were weaponising 'hired guns' against critics, then boasted about it with slop https://www.property118.com/a-david-and-goliath-story-in-modern-law-this-could-change-everything/ [22:18] TR Bot A David and Goliath Story in Modern Law: This could change everything [22:35] *oarion7 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:40] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:40] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:41] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [22:44] *infecticide (quassel@A0D2877A.653BD565.72CA7C8.IP) has joined #techrights [22:50] *oarion7 (~ryan@pkpk25r82859k.irc) has joined #techrights ● Oct 29 [23:01] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode-i3h9gu.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techrights [23:02] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [23:08] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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